<div id="maincontent">
	<div id="content">
    <div class="box1">
      <h1><?php echo lico_lang('general', 'info.page.title'); ?></h1>
      
      

<p>The New Linux Counter was created in order to replace and revive the good old, original Linux Counter Project on counter.li.org. Alexander L&ouml;hner has taken over the project to revive it with a modern and uptodate engine and design at 14th of august 2011.<br/>
The intention was to develop and support the counter project and to rework it with a new design and new code in order to pay attention on the new php, html, css and javascript possibilities.<br/>
The original counter project was somehow dead for a very long time (over four years) and thus the statistics were not accurate any more.<br/>
As soon as the new project is finished, the old counter.li.org will get redirected completly to the new project</p>

<p>The original Linux Counter was run by a nonprofit membership organization called the Linux Counter Project.<br/>
This organization was created on May 1, 1999, taking over the running of the counter from Harald Tveit Alvestrand, who has been running the project since 1993. Harald Alvestrand is chief executive officer of the organization.</p>
<p>
Coding and maintenance is carried out by
<a href="/team.html">The main developers</a>.
</p>
<p>
A heartfelt thanks also goes to our
<a href="/credits.html">contributors</a>, both of material and of time, without whom this work would have been impossible.
</p>
<h2>Purpose of the Linux Counter</h2>
The Linux Counter is started as a "for fun" project to find out how many Linux users there are worldwide. The basic idea is for people to register themselves as being a Linux user. Of course, this way you won't get all Linux users counted as not every Linux user will register himself at the Linux Counter site.
<br/>
Thus, the only way to "know" the number of Linux users worldwide, is to make a guess, preferably a not-too-wild guess of the number of Linux users. Not making wild guesses there is only one way to go: <b>statistics</b>.
<p> So, the main purpose of the Linux Counter is to deal with statistics on all kinds of numbers related to Linux usage. It started with statistics on the number of Linux users and it extended to statistics on Linux users, the machines they use, software they use and in what part of the world Linux users are actually living. </p>
<p> A second purpose of the Linux Counter is to make it possible for Linux users to find each other. The Linux Counter is reporting Linux users sorted per almost any place in the world. So, when Linux users want their information to be public, you can quite simply find those users who live in places near you. </p>
<h2>Mailing lists</h2>
There are a number of mailing lists on the Linux Counter machine to discuss Linux Counter matters, get translations done, or helping you in case of problems.
<ul>
<li>
<span>
<a class="smarterwiki-linkify" href="mailto:interest-request@lists.linuxcounter.net?body=subscribe">interest@lists.linuxcounter.net</a>
</span>
- for discussions about the counter
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<b>Subscription method:</b>
Send the word "subscribe" in the BODY of a message to
<span>interest<strong>-request</strong>@lists.linuxcounter.net</span>.<br/>
<br/>
Or visit the info page of this list: <a href="http://lists.linuxcounter.net/mailman/listinfo/interest">http://lists.linuxcounter.net/mailman/listinfo/interest</a>.</p>



    </div>
  </div>
</div>
